As a Freshman: Made 57 appearances and 55 starts in her first year with the Bobcats…Led the team with a .351 batting average, 40 runs and 36 RBI…Ranked third for Quinnipiac with 24 runs and three doubles…Collected a team and league-leading 106 total bases on the year…Broke the Quinnipiac single-season home run record with 15 season home runs, which also ranked first among the Bobcats and NEC competition…Led Quinnipiac with a .702 slugging percentage and .497 on-base percentage…Stole 10-of-11 bases…Was named the 2011 NEC Rookie of the Year…Was selected to the All-NEC first team…Received Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week titles twice during her freshman year, on May 2 and April 11…Also made one appearance at the mound.

Before Quinnipiac: Attended Lake Mary High School, where she won varsity letters in softball (4), volleyball (3) and weightlifting (2)...Was the District Champions and Seminole Athletic Conference Champions in 2008...Held a .417 batting average, a .987 fielding percentage and a .667 on base percentage in high school...Collected 12 career homeruns at Lake Mary...Was named the Offensive MVP in 2008 and 2010...Was named All-District and All-Central Florida in 2009...Was selected as a 2009 Orlando Sentinel Classroom Star...Was named to the All-State Third Team in 2009...Was named All-County in 2010...Was selected in 2010 as a Florida High School All Star in softball...Was a State runner up for weightlifting and was named Weightlifter of the Year in 2010...Was selected as the 2010 Scholar Athlete of the Year at Lake Mary...Named to the Principal's Honor Roll for four-straight years...Played for the Tropic Wave Gold, where her team was a 2009 National Finalist...She held a .389 batting average, a .896 field percentage, and a .768 on base percentage on the Tropic Wave Gold.

Personal: A native of Lake Mary, Fla...Daughter of Kathy and Jim Paolucci...Has a brother, Jason, and two younger sisters, Jamie and Jessica...Plans to major in journalism.